Search Results: Folklore, Mythology, Fairy Tales from Recycled Records and Books

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University 84pp. No Date. Rebound into library boards. Inside boards and front endpaper have tape and paper residue from removal of library attachments. Tips and spine ends are rubbed. Spine ends are bumped. Pages have light toning. Top edge of text block is dust stained. Rear board and spine gutters have some bubbling. Text is unmarked. . Hardcover. Good Plus/No Dust Jacket. Ex Library.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947 338pp. Tiny portion of front board illustration is bit discolored. Boards have a slight bend. Lower edges of boards are rubbed. Top edge of text block has light dust staining. Spine has many light spots. Text is unmarks. Jacket has large pieces missing, heavy creases, tears, holes, chipping, scuffs, scratches, sunning, and maybe other flaws.. . Reprint. Hardcover. Good Plus/Poor. Illus. by Parrish, Maxfield.

New York: Gilbert H. McKibbin, 1899 192pp. with Mermaid illustrated front cover. Internal illustrations are quite wonderful. Covers are detached from text block. All pages are present but some pages are loose. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine has darkened. Needs to be re-glued. Text is clean and unmarked.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Poor/No Dust Jacket.

London: David Nutt, 1909 483pp. Tips and spine ends are heavily bumped and heavily rubbed. Spine ends are chipping and missing small pieces. Edges of text block are heavily dust stained. Spine is lightly sunned. Ex-library marking near spine heel. Spine edges are lightly rubbed. Boards are lightly sunned along edges. Inside of boards and endpapers are heavily sunned along edges. Inside of boards have light stains. Front endpaper, half-title page, and title page have many light, horizontal creases at spine. Title page has three markings in ink. Signture is starting to open at pages 128/129. Spine is shaken and cocked. Pages are heavily toned. Text is unmarked. . First Edition ?. Hardcover. Good Minus/No Dust Jacket. Minor Ex-library.

Chicago, IL: NTC Publishing, 1994 249pp. Spine has a long vertical crease. Wraps have light edgewear and light scratches. Tips are lightly bumped. Spine ends are rubbed. Text is unmarked. 0844256005. First US Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Garden City, New York: Anchor Books / Doubleday, 1979 309pp. Rear wrap has remains of another book's wrap, affecting a portion of the text of the top 1/3 of the wrap. Front wrap has many tiny surface tears affecting some text. Spine has long vertical creases. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Lower tip of front wrap has small creases. Wraps have edgewear. Rear wrap has a two inch detachment from the spine at the spine head. Edges of text block are dust stained. Lower edge of text block has speckling of red-pink dye. Text is unmarked. . First Thus. Paperback. Poor.

Salzburg: Freundeskeris Der Stiftung Soziales Frieden Swerk, 1999 171pp. Spine is slightly cocked. Tips are lightly bumped and lightly rubbed. Spine ends are lightly bumped. Lower edge of rear board has a small bumped spot. Former owner inscription on front enpaper. Text is unmarked. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

Boston, MA: American Folk-Lore Society/Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894 Pages 265 - 350 of an original 4 volume annual quarterly magazine of which this is the fourth volume. Marginalia in pencil throughout. Wraps and first page have heavy damp staining along the edges. Fore edges of most pages have damp staining. Lower half of copyright page is missing. Edges of wraps have creases, tears, chipping and are missing pieces. Lower tip of first page is missing. May have other flaws. . First Printing. Paperback. Poor. Quarterly Journal.

Dublin, Ireland: M. H. Hill and Son, 1880 449pp. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Boards have small white stains. Spine edges are rubbed. Top edge of text block is dust stained. Former owner inscription on front endpaper. Former owner name and address stamp on front endpaper. One signature is partially open. Pages have light toning. Inside rear board has some glue bubbling causing creases to the last few pages. Spine is cocked and shaken. Lower tip of page 233 is missing. Pages have light foxing along the edges. A few pages have pencil notations at the spine edge.. New and Complete. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket.

Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications 64pp. No Date. Wraps have sunfading along the edges and pages have toning. Spine edge has light creases. Top tips are bumped. Text is clean and unmarked. . First Printing. Paperback. Good Plus.

NY: Coward, McCann and Geohegan, Inc., 1981 257pp. Spine and edges of wraps are sunned. Tips and spine ends are lightly bumped and lightly rubbed. Wraps have light scratches and a few small spots. Text is unmarked. 0698205340. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good Minus. Illus. by Gag, Wanda.

London: Brockhampton Press, 1998 288pp. Boards have scuffs and light scratches. Tips are lightly bumped. Spine head is bumped. Jacket has light scuffs and light scratches. Edges of jacket have light creases. Tips of flap folds are rubbed. Text is unmarked. 1860198392. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket.

North Carolina: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1982 52pp. Ex-Library Copy. Tips and spine ends are very lightly bumped and very lightly rubbed. Staples are a bit rusty. Ex-Library stamp on front wrap. Former owner inscription in ink on front wrap at spine head. Wraps are lightly sunned and have very light stains. Both wraps have very tiny horizontal creases at spine. Edges of text block have very light dust staining. Pages have very light toning. Text is unmarked. . First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Ex-Library.

NY: Kraus Reprint Co., 1971 58pp. Reprint of Bulletin 168 published by the Bernice P. Bishop museum of Honolulu, Hawaii in 1940. Front wrap has a small stain. Spine and edges of wraps have light sunning. Front wrap has a very light three-inch crease at the top tip. Text is clean and unmarked.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus.

New York: A. L. Burt 376pp. No Date. Dust jacket is in pieces, but present. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Edges of text block are dust stained. Flexible boards are heavily scuffed. Spine edges are rubbed. Edges of boards exhibit light edgewear. Top tip of many pages have a tiny crease. Spine is shaken. Pages have moderate toning. Text is unmarked. . Reprint. Flexible Boards. Good Minus/Poor Jacket.

Chicago, IL: A. Flanagan Company, 1924 128pp. tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine ends are frayed. Lower edges of boards are rubbed. Boards have small stains. Front endpaper and half-title page have light foxing. Text is unmarked.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Dulin, Dorothy.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993 249pp. Tips are lightly rubbed. Spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Boards have a slight bend. Spine is slightly cocked. Edges of jacket have light creases. Jacket has light scratches. Text is unmarked. 0192745301. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Plus Jacket.

Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1978 120pp. "Second Quest Edition" stated on copyright page. Spine and wrap edges are sunned. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Wraps have light scratches. Text is unmarked. 0835604977. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good Minus.

NY: American Book Exchange, 1881 386pp. Front hinge is open. Spine is severely shaken. Tips and spine ends are heavily bumped and heavily rubbed. Spine head is peeling from the text block.Edges of boards are rubbed. Boards have scuffs, light scratches and small stains. Spine edges are rubbed. Spine is heavily sunned. Boards have light-to-moderate soiling. Former owner book plate inside front board. Ghost of book plate on front end paper. Page edges have light foxing. Top edge of text block has heavy dust staining. May have other flaws. Text is unmarked.. Reprint. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1995 328pp. Spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Edges are dust stained. Spine edge of front board has a small stain. Rear board has light spots. Inside boards and endpapers have a small stain. Jacket light stains on spine. Inside front panel has bleeting fron board's dye. Inside panel have foxing. Lower edge has light creases. Text is clean and unmarked. 0393037827. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/Good Plus Jacket. Illus. by Woodcuts By Borges, Jose Francisco.